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boehner has a weak hand. the fact he has a weak hand is causing something close to a panic among the republican rank and file. >> bret: thank you for that. >> you're welcome. i think that you are seeing republicans freak out a little bit. little bit too prematurely. the ironic thing in some ways it might strengthen boehner's hand in negotiations. if he can go in and say they are going to fire me if i do what you are asking. i can't do that. one thing that barack obama understands is personal preservation and self-politic and it may make boehner a more credible negotiator in this. at the end to day, the republicans have to shoot the hostage and they will probably have to end up raising rates. >> bret: let's take a listen to one of the senators. senator corker over the weekendbe. as jonah mentioned he does front a vote in the house but he was speaking this weekend -- he does not have a vote in house but he was speaking on "fox news sunday." >> once you give him the rate on the top 2% it's lesser tax increase th
boehner has a weak hand. the fact he has a weak hand is causing something close to a panic among the republican rank and file. >> bret: thank you for that. >> you're welcome. i think that you are seeing republicans freak out a little bit. little bit too prematurely. the ironic thing in some ways it might strengthen boehner's hand in negotiations. if he can go in and say they are going to fire me if i do what you are asking. i can't do that. one thing that barack obama understands is...
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that is boehner's bottom line he can't move off of it. he has the get something real on spending. >> bret: that is what republicans never saw in hardcore, on papeer the last negotiations. >> house republicans are skeptical they'll see anything significant about it now or the short term. what is more likely is a short-term compromise and revisit broader tax reform, sometime down the line. they are trying to get out in front of what they see is inevitable. they want to avoid the tax rate that. they see is punitive. and so they are trying to get ahead of that. being open and signaling publicly, celebrateing they're open to additional revenues they come without increases in rates. i don't know if it will end up in a compromise but they will incyst on seeing more from the white house. >> the first back and forth, though, promising? >> it is. each side could have held ground and gone to negotiations without having concedeed anything. boehner has been speaking about revenues and obama has implying he could drop the rates issue to make it revenue
that is boehner's bottom line he can't move off of it. he has the get something real on spending. >> bret: that is what republicans never saw in hardcore, on papeer the last negotiations. >> house republicans are skeptical they'll see anything significant about it now or the short term. what is more likely is a short-term compromise and revisit broader tax reform, sometime down the line. they are trying to get out in front of what they see is inevitable. they want to avoid the tax...
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speaker boehner has control of the house. and majority leader reed reed has his and mcconle the minority leader. you need certain amount of republicans in the senate to come with the president. they have their own power base they are working it is it the triangulation that we will see. who and what form is it the coalition that are need tod pass something. >> welcome to divided government. >> there you g. >> in this setting right now. everybody has an interest in finding a way to making progress and giving the american people what they wanted from all of their leaders some substantive move forward on the big issues that face the country. taxes and spending are on everyoney mind. >> gop's give on taxes. you think the democrats will play fair on entitlements. >> that is on the agenda democrats recognize it is it not only increasing the revenue. you need a balance. both increase in revenue, but you need a cut in spending. >> you can't ignore the path. if we don't reform entitlements, there is it a country that is broke. as long
speaker boehner has control of the house. and majority leader reed reed has his and mcconle the minority leader. you need certain amount of republicans in the senate to come with the president. they have their own power base they are working it is it the triangulation that we will see. who and what form is it the coalition that are need tod pass something. >> welcome to divided government. >> there you g. >> in this setting right now. everybody has an interest in finding a way...
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a fox urgent, breaking news on a one-on-one meeting held between president obama and house speaker boehner on the so-called fiscal cliff. and the two most important players involving the financial future of our nation. i'm harris falkner, we're told a meeting was held behind closed door and without the media's knowledge and both men tight-lipped about what was said and when we asked for comments, both giving us the same statement, quote, this afternoon the president and speaker boehner met at the white house to discuss efforts to resolve the fiscal cliff, we're not reading out details of the communication, but the lines of communication remain open, end quote. this meeting comes as the white house and congress appear to be at at impasse, you know by now is crippling spending and tax hikes and could cost us jobs and send us back into recession and to solve the problem, republicans say we must prevent our ballooning national debt from crushing generations. and chief white house correspondent now ed henry joins us by phone with the latest on this breaking story, ed, they kept this under wraps
a fox urgent, breaking news on a one-on-one meeting held between president obama and house speaker boehner on the so-called fiscal cliff. and the two most important players involving the financial future of our nation. i'm harris falkner, we're told a meeting was held behind closed door and without the media's knowledge and both men tight-lipped about what was said and when we asked for comments, both giving us the same statement, quote, this afternoon the president and speaker boehner met at...
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ed, speaker boehner is offering a new plan today. will this jump start the talks? >>reporter: some thought it might but it has done the opposite, slowed the talks down. speaker boehner saying, look, why not just try to do a smaller bit of this and basically just set a new threshhold of $1 million or more for raising taxes, deal with that as sort of a so-called plan (b) because he is frustrated that the broader different deal doesn't seem to be going anywhere. >> it would be better for our country but at this point having a backup plan to make sure that few american taxpayers were affected by this increase as possible, moving down that path is the right course of action for us. >> the problem is, it is not clear that rank and file house republicans in his own caucus support just doing the smaller measure so it doesn't appear to have moved the ball forward. >>shepard: it doesn't sound like the white house is on with this? >> no, carney said it is dead on arrival and the big problem in the white house eyes is this would not raise enough revenue if you set the they hol
ed, speaker boehner is offering a new plan today. will this jump start the talks? >>reporter: some thought it might but it has done the opposite, slowed the talks down. speaker boehner saying, look, why not just try to do a smaller bit of this and basically just set a new threshhold of $1 million or more for raising taxes, deal with that as sort of a so-called plan (b) because he is frustrated that the broader different deal doesn't seem to be going anywhere. >> it would be better...
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speaker boehner all recent days been saying all the right things. it's interesting that today the president didn't really move an inch toward the republicans and speaker boehner had some comments that suggested he is not ready to move towards the president. take a listen thrrvettle are ways to put revenue on the table without increasing tax rates. we have talked about this now for over a year. you could -- there is all kinds of information and data out there. but, getting into the specifics of that at this point would not be conducive to trying to come to an agreement with the white house. >> so the bottom line is that neither side has -- president at his news conference today or john boehner in his conference have gotten into the tough specifics about what's going to happen to taxes, what's going to happen in terms of spending cuts to try to get a big debt cut maybe up to $4 trillion to avoid the so-called fiscal cliff. the president is having leaders in both parties here at the white house on friday. that's when they should start hashing all this
speaker boehner all recent days been saying all the right things. it's interesting that today the president didn't really move an inch toward the republicans and speaker boehner had some comments that suggested he is not ready to move towards the president. take a listen thrrvettle are ways to put revenue on the table without increasing tax rates. we have talked about this now for over a year. you could -- there is all kinds of information and data out there. but, getting into the specifics of...
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washington insiders say it is up to president obama and the house speaker boehner to work out a deal to avoid the fiscal cliff what if they say we have a deal, wouldn't players on both sides, the tar right and the far left, be angry? would it make more sense to wait until the last minute and then tell us? could that be what is going on? >>shepard: north korea is reportedly planning a rocket launch. technical glitch forced officials to add an extra week to the take off window. they now report the launch will take place some time before december 29. officials claim they are trying to put a satellite in space but the united states does not believe it. they say the regime is planning to test a long-range nuclear capable ballistic missile. the navy moved warships to the region to track and possibly defend against the planned launch. defend. and now the news from washington, dc. what are foes saying in the united states about this? >> only that the delay appears to is done nothing to dissuade north korea from moving ahead with what is believed an effort to build an intercontinental missile
washington insiders say it is up to president obama and the house speaker boehner to work out a deal to avoid the fiscal cliff what if they say we have a deal, wouldn't players on both sides, the tar right and the far left, be angry? would it make more sense to wait until the last minute and then tell us? could that be what is going on? >>shepard: north korea is reportedly planning a rocket launch. technical glitch forced officials to add an extra week to the take off window. they now...
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here in dc republican speaker of the house john boehner says that politics stops at the water's edge. boehner says while the president is overseas he doesn't think it is appropriate to be critical of him or of our country. back to you. >> thank you, peter. now it is time for your top five stories at 5:30. crews will resume their search for missing 4-year-old boy in arkansas. they found two shirts yesterday that caleb lynn was wearing. caleb lynn was last seen over the weekend near a bridge at a boy scout camp. he was there to help his aunt clean up storm debris. they are in a desperate attempt to find the boy. the ground search has been called off and they will now focus on the river. >> this one in houston caught on camera. it is the third bust in a week. 30 illegal immigrants living in a tiny home from guatemala and honduras. they found 25 undocumented people living in two hotel rooms. why the surge in all of these raids? some illegal immigrants have been calling the cops because they are being shaken down for money. a bronze statue of the lorax got grinched from the estate of theod
here in dc republican speaker of the house john boehner says that politics stops at the water's edge. boehner says while the president is overseas he doesn't think it is appropriate to be critical of him or of our country. back to you. >> thank you, peter. now it is time for your top five stories at 5:30. crews will resume their search for missing 4-year-old boy in arkansas. they found two shirts yesterday that caleb lynn was wearing. caleb lynn was last seen over the weekend near a...
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this is something that speaker boehner had requested. similarly the president and speaker boehner have looked at cuts to other, you know, programs. the president has tried to protect veterans benefits, the disabled. but this is something that from the democrats point of view the president is going to have to pay a political price for. but again from the republican point of view when they look at revenue the president and speaker boehner are about 200 dal billion apart. they're not that far apart, jon. this is a reason for optimism but republicans want this to be totally balanced effort. one for one. if you have a tax increase it would be matched by spending cuts. right now they're saying that the president in fact has in his plan infrastructure spending that exceeds the amount of any tax revenue that is going to be brought in. so they don't like that. jon: you mentioned the political price the president might pay. he has been reelected. he might do something that angers his base or angers, you know, harry reid and the senate or something
this is something that speaker boehner had requested. similarly the president and speaker boehner have looked at cuts to other, you know, programs. the president has tried to protect veterans benefits, the disabled. but this is something that from the democrats point of view the president is going to have to pay a political price for. but again from the republican point of view when they look at revenue the president and speaker boehner are about 200 dal billion apart. they're not that far...
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nightmare for boehner. we have great reporting from chad pergram who said they might bring this to the deal on thursday, put him on record. then they would only have to vote for extending middle class tax rates. this sneaky. >> they should be mad on spending from both sides. double triple counting. it's unclear. this is a huge opportunity for america to change course with major tax reform. major entitlement reform. that is the point, the whole point of the fiscal cliff to push them to try to do something on entitlement reform. what are we getting? zero on that. >> bob: we are getting boehner plan "b" that takes the bush legislation to put it in effect -- >> dana: that is not what the fiscal cliff was about. >> bob: i understand that. >> dana: that is what i'm saying it's a huge missed opportunity. we are going to get the tinkering. perhaps maybe more permanency. the stock market will be happy for six months. the mid-terms becomes harder. boehner did a good job. they think he screwed up but i'd like them to
nightmare for boehner. we have great reporting from chad pergram who said they might bring this to the deal on thursday, put him on record. then they would only have to vote for extending middle class tax rates. this sneaky. >> they should be mad on spending from both sides. double triple counting. it's unclear. this is a huge opportunity for america to change course with major tax reform. major entitlement reform. that is the point, the whole point of the fiscal cliff to push them to try...
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but house speaker and john boehner have not sat down for negotiations. even though corker is saying there is growing sentiment to accept the president's tax rate on the wealthy, many republican, of course, still adamantly opposed to any tax hike. they could give the peeker a very tough time in the house if that were the ultimate compromise. the president continues to insist there is no deal without that tax hike on the wealthy. he said yesterday, he's willing to work with republicans on a comprehensive plan. all they need to do is to sit down and hammer that out. so far, that hasn't happened. we are all waiting. >> 23 days to we will see if they do that. some are asking exactly how bad will the automatic tax increases and spending cuts actually be? this morning, democratic senator charles schumer said it would be terrible. others predict tell actually be what this nation needs to begin to rein in government spending. will it? joining us is a former republican campaign manager and aide to the g.o.p. leadership. welcome. if this kicks in, in 23 days, will
but house speaker and john boehner have not sat down for negotiations. even though corker is saying there is growing sentiment to accept the president's tax rate on the wealthy, many republican, of course, still adamantly opposed to any tax hike. they could give the peeker a very tough time in the house if that were the ultimate compromise. the president continues to insist there is no deal without that tax hike on the wealthy. he said yesterday, he's willing to work with republicans on a...
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brought in 83 republicans and that tipped the house of representatives to the republicans and made john boehner speaker. you are in a race if your life with an ad everyone is talking about. the fact of the matter is, republicans seem to not have quite that same wind behind their back. they might get it, and you often remind me, polls are fleeting, but are you concerned the passion that brought you to office is not there as were? >>guest: no i am not concerned about that. what i see on the ground is you do not see the hats and the t-shirts and hope and change and change we can believe in and yes we can rhetoric of 2008. the american people know something is not right. it is very important as we go into the debating series that we articulate what is not right. what is happening in washington, dc? what the failing policies? how do we bring that home to the american people and make it personal to them to understand that we can turn this around and be headed in a different direction? you look at what we have been able to accomplish if the house of representatives, we pass budgets and we passed appro
brought in 83 republicans and that tipped the house of representatives to the republicans and made john boehner speaker. you are in a race if your life with an ad everyone is talking about. the fact of the matter is, republicans seem to not have quite that same wind behind their back. they might get it, and you often remind me, polls are fleeting, but are you concerned the passion that brought you to office is not there as were? >>guest: no i am not concerned about that. what i see on the...
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and but speaker boehner hasn't said that. and so we democrats realize that there has to be two sides of the bargain but we're not going back to 2011, putting revenues and cuts on the table and ended up with the cuts because the other side didn't accept the revenue. >> speaker boehner has yet to sit down with president obama or treasury secretary geithner. boehner said he would accept new revenue but the president insists there's no deal without higher tax rates on the wealthy. in his radio address yesterday he said he's willing to work with republicans to hammer out a plan he says would give both sides some of what they want. meantime, of course, the clock is ticking. >> it is, we're watching, steve. thank you very much. >>> much of the conversation in washington regarding the fiscal cliff is focused on tax rates or how the federal government can bring in more revenue from you. what about the other side of the equation? cutting back on spending and borrowing. steve moore joins us to talk about that and separate fact from fict
and but speaker boehner hasn't said that. and so we democrats realize that there has to be two sides of the bargain but we're not going back to 2011, putting revenues and cuts on the table and ended up with the cuts because the other side didn't accept the revenue. >> speaker boehner has yet to sit down with president obama or treasury secretary geithner. boehner said he would accept new revenue but the president insists there's no deal without higher tax rates on the wealthy. in his...
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but we're getting closer. >> bill: close to nowhere. >> the fact is speaker boehner lented and has moved all the way to willing to tax people making a million dollars a year or more. that's a big move for him. the president has agreed to make that number 400,000, raise taxes on those making 400,000 or more. conveniently, by the way, that 400,000, that's the same amount of money the president makes. it's kind of convenient, don't you think? >> bill: all right. so they'll probably meet 650. all right. what about the spending side? >> spending side, that's kind of interesting because we started out with simpson bowles, three to one. spending cuts to tax hikes. >> bill: so explain. simpson bowles the commission signed by president obama and he ignored it completely. >> absolutely. three times as much cuts in spending than tax revenue. >> and now one to one, sort of. depending how you want to look at it. but that's where we are. the markets are so excited, bill. >> bill: they're up! >> two triple digit rallies in two days. >> bill: what are they going to cut? >> we have no idea. >> bill: so t
but we're getting closer. >> bill: close to nowhere. >> the fact is speaker boehner lented and has moved all the way to willing to tax people making a million dollars a year or more. that's a big move for him. the president has agreed to make that number 400,000, raise taxes on those making 400,000 or more. conveniently, by the way, that 400,000, that's the same amount of money the president makes. it's kind of convenient, don't you think? >> bill: all right. so they'll...
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more boehner has proposed that in tax reform. it kind of looks like that raising taxes on the wealthy. that means the president which has laid down a substantive plan has to address spending cuts. we need about two dollars in spending cuts for every dollar in tax increases and it has to include entitlement reform. he has talked about different index inflation for social security and raising the age of medicare. that is the grand bargain that we need to do so we stop the negotiation and come to the principle compromise so we have a sustainable debt to g.d.p. ratio so our economy grows. that is what the compromise should the have to do and tax reform and entitlements and raising marginal tax rates. >> heather: do you think compromise is in progress in terms of the meeting today? >> any time the parties are talking face to face and not picking up the phone and having short conversations is a good thing. occasionally a deal gets done. we've been down this road before. boehner thought he had a deal with the president and president tho
more boehner has proposed that in tax reform. it kind of looks like that raising taxes on the wealthy. that means the president which has laid down a substantive plan has to address spending cuts. we need about two dollars in spending cuts for every dollar in tax increases and it has to include entitlement reform. he has talked about different index inflation for social security and raising the age of medicare. that is the grand bargain that we need to do so we stop the negotiation and come to...
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bottom line, would have you voted for boehner's plan b? >> oh, gee, the 1-million-dollar owners and i mean revenue producers if you make a million would you raise their taxes, the way it stood. no but if they had had meaningful spending cuts, yes. i mean, it doesn't make sense to raise anybody's taxes right now. but guess what, elections matter. president obama won. but we have got to get meaningful spending cuts. we are going to spend 3.8 trillion laura this year. we are going to bring in only 2.5 trillion. but out of the 2.5, every single penny is spent on the debt and all the entitlements, medicare, medicaid, social security, so unless we are talking hundreds and hundreds and hundreds of billions of dollars in spending cuts, this discussion about tax increases is just foley. it is absolutely ridiculous. harry reid said that the boehner mr. was dead on arrival. it wasn't going to pass the senate anyway. so, boehner didn't get the support of his members, enough at least and it would have been a vote for not because the senator would have
bottom line, would have you voted for boehner's plan b? >> oh, gee, the 1-million-dollar owners and i mean revenue producers if you make a million would you raise their taxes, the way it stood. no but if they had had meaningful spending cuts, yes. i mean, it doesn't make sense to raise anybody's taxes right now. but guess what, elections matter. president obama won. but we have got to get meaningful spending cuts. we are going to spend 3.8 trillion laura this year. we are going to bring...
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boehner says the we can hope for a band-aid solution? >> the reason i said probably mid-february you are able for the month of january and half of february to hold off on some of these tax withdrawals you are able to do treasury department. in the first year of defense cuts only about 15% of what you actually appropriated is spent. it's paid out over four years. so you are able to get into the 1st of february february before real damage is gone. if you go into march, you will have a minimum negative g.d.p. growth and negative reduction. tony had another pointed there. bipartisan debt commission said two-thirds of this should be done by approximately spending cut entitlement reform because that is a large part of the budget but about one-third has to be done by tax revenues. they understand what a principle bipartisan compromise is needed must be done for the good of the american people. >> heather: i wanted to talk more about that. this is nonprofit partisan congressional budget office. they said the current national debt exceeds 70% of
boehner says the we can hope for a band-aid solution? >> the reason i said probably mid-february you are able for the month of january and half of february to hold off on some of these tax withdrawals you are able to do treasury department. in the first year of defense cuts only about 15% of what you actually appropriated is spent. it's paid out over four years. so you are able to get into the 1st of february february before real damage is gone. if you go into march, you will have a...
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bottom line, would have you voted for boehner's plan b? >> oh, gee, the 1-million-dollar owners and i mean revenue producers if you make a million would you raise their taxes, the way it stood. no but if they had had meaningful spending cuts, yes. i mean, it doesn't make sense to raise anybody's taxes right now. but guess what, elections matter. president obama won. but we have got to get meaningful spending cuts. we are going to spend 3.8 trillion laura this year. we are going to bring in only 2.5 trillion. but out of the 2.5, every single penny is spent on the debt and all the entitlements, medicare, medicaid, social security, so unless we are talking hundreds and hundreds and hundreds of billions of dollars in spending cuts, this discussion about tax increases is just foley. it is absolutely ridiculous. harry reid said that the boehner mr. was dead on arrival. it wasn't going to pass the senate anyway. so, boehner didn't get the support of his members, enough at least and it would have been a vote for not because the senator would have
bottom line, would have you voted for boehner's plan b? >> oh, gee, the 1-million-dollar owners and i mean revenue producers if you make a million would you raise their taxes, the way it stood. no but if they had had meaningful spending cuts, yes. i mean, it doesn't make sense to raise anybody's taxes right now. but guess what, elections matter. president obama won. but we have got to get meaningful spending cuts. we are going to spend 3.8 trillion laura this year. we are going to bring...
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what do we get from speaker boehner on this? >>reporter: he was not pleased that the president was hitting the plan (b) so hard because speaker boehner believes this is the way forward here to have some sort of a compromise. democrats say, wait, he may not have enough republican votes to get it through the house for the $1 million threshhold. if he gets it through the house of representatives, the senate majority leader will not bring it up but speaker boehner tried to frame it this way. >> tomorrow the house of representatives will pass legislation to make faction relief permanent for every american 99.81 percent of the american people and the president will have a decision to make, he can call on senate democrats to pass that bill or he can be responsible for the largest tax increase in american history. >>reporter: speaker boehner trying to frame it about being all about taxes. the white house is saying there is more that should be on the table such as extension of unemployment benefits and a week after christmas if they cann
what do we get from speaker boehner on this? >>reporter: he was not pleased that the president was hitting the plan (b) so hard because speaker boehner believes this is the way forward here to have some sort of a compromise. democrats say, wait, he may not have enough republican votes to get it through the house for the $1 million threshhold. if he gets it through the house of representatives, the senate majority leader will not bring it up but speaker boehner tried to frame it this way....
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you win for now, boehner. >> bill: "the o'reilly factor" is on. tonight violence breaks out in michigan over the state giving workers the option not to join unions. we'll show you how the networks covered this intense story. >> are you going to be able to raise taxes, yes or no? >> taxes are going to go up one with acor the other. >> bill: miss walters will be here and dennis miller will have some thoughts on the situation. >> we're young -- >> bill: anger growing over new tv program that mocks white people in west virginia. >> whatever happens happens. >> bill: caution, you are about to enter the no spin zone. "the factor" begins right now. >> bill: hi, i'm bill o'reilly. thanks for watching. violence in michigan. that is the subject of this evening's talking points memo. last night i opined that hate speech is a vie lint act because it incites people to harm the target of the speech. now we're seeing speech leading to actual physical violence in michigan. the issue is a new state law that allows michigan work force legally opt out of joining a u
you win for now, boehner. >> bill: "the o'reilly factor" is on. tonight violence breaks out in michigan over the state giving workers the option not to join unions. we'll show you how the networks covered this intense story. >> are you going to be able to raise taxes, yes or no? >> taxes are going to go up one with acor the other. >> bill: miss walters will be here and dennis miller will have some thoughts on the situation. >> we're young -- >>...
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how does boehner come out of this? what kind of a deal can he put is not >> the statement we heard from the congressman calling his own people chuckleheads, shows that the president won. i argued a month ago this was never from the president perspective, never about fiscal issues. economic issues. he wants four years for his own agenda to enact. what to do? destroy them and fracture them, which he has done. this is clever tactically. insisting that the one thing that they had to agree to was increase in tax rates. if hoving only interested in fiscally balancing the budget he would have said i don't care how you get the money. but he insisted on rates not because there is an economic issue but a wi to have the house divided. call each other chuckleheads and a speaker who not deposed extremely weakened. this sets him up to have his way over republicans who are in a civil war in the house. >> boehner runs for re-election on third of january, too. stay right there. hold the thought. lightning round up next. friday night. w
how does boehner come out of this? what kind of a deal can he put is not >> the statement we heard from the congressman calling his own people chuckleheads, shows that the president won. i argued a month ago this was never from the president perspective, never about fiscal issues. economic issues. he wants four years for his own agenda to enact. what to do? destroy them and fracture them, which he has done. this is clever tactically. insisting that the one thing that they had to agree to...
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john boehner, a guy i like very much, but john boehner's ratings are now lower than nancy please sis. that's what the american people think about the way the republicans have handled it. >> the senate hasn't done their job in 1300 days and somehow, brent, the blame is on the republicans who did pass a bill, and president obama, of course, the media in love with him, there's been no criticism of him either. >> look, i disagree on two points, juan. where the senate is concerned, let's also keep in mind this. republicans and the house have passed hundreds of bills of that never seen the light of day because every single time harry reid refuses to bring them up for a vote in the senate. so for this man 20 turnaround and stay that the republicans are dillydallying when it's the republicans who have been showing up in the house for two years and he's done nothing is adommable. the president is playing this very well. this is a masterpiece on his participate but it's also a complete obfiscation. and right now, juan williams, you tell me what president obama has said he would stand unand cut
john boehner, a guy i like very much, but john boehner's ratings are now lower than nancy please sis. that's what the american people think about the way the republicans have handled it. >> the senate hasn't done their job in 1300 days and somehow, brent, the blame is on the republicans who did pass a bill, and president obama, of course, the media in love with him, there's been no criticism of him either. >> look, i disagree on two points, juan. where the senate is concerned, let's...
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can boehner think, look, got as much mandate as the president? >> i think he should absolutely think that, paul. the president made clear, didn't really run on the second term agenda and didn't talk about it much. i'll tell you what the mandate is right now, the mandate is that fiscal cliff, the bipartisan mandate. >> paul: to go off it is the mandate or not to go off. >> i think the stock market went off in the last week, people are saying pretty clearly you've got to do something about this now. i think they have a lot of leverage here, because if something isn't done, the economy is going to decline, maybe go into recession and i think employment can get as high as 10%. >> paul: if we had another recession it would have. >> if you're the president of the united states in a second term, you do not want a legacy, unemployment-- >> the lesson, don't give in at all, you won and if you go off a cliff, you blame them and they'll get the blame. >> he has no other term. i think obama's going to start thinking about his legacy and i predict he may thro
can boehner think, look, got as much mandate as the president? >> i think he should absolutely think that, paul. the president made clear, didn't really run on the second term agenda and didn't talk about it much. i'll tell you what the mandate is right now, the mandate is that fiscal cliff, the bipartisan mandate. >> paul: to go off it is the mandate or not to go off. >> i think the stock market went off in the last week, people are saying pretty clearly you've got to do...
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and speaker boehner suggested as have republican contender mitt romney that ultimately the market is going to have to hit bottom but that idea is not very popular with homeowners and president obama is counting on that. >> government certainly cannot fix the entire problem on its own. but it is wrong for anyone to suggest that the only option for struggling responsible homeowners is to sit and wait for the housing market to hit bottom. >> the republicans think there is a political component of this, more of a campaign proposal and not lost on them that florida, arizona, michigan, nevada, ohio, key battleground states, are also places where the housing market is in pretty bad shape. >>shepard: thank you from the white house, wendell. a new report is out today and facebook, the social networking giant with reported 800 million users will soon take its first step to becoming a publicly traded company. according to several reports, facebook can file paperwork by today for the initial public offering of stock. and now gerri's two cents from the fox business network. normally, the i.p.o.'s
and speaker boehner suggested as have republican contender mitt romney that ultimately the market is going to have to hit bottom but that idea is not very popular with homeowners and president obama is counting on that. >> government certainly cannot fix the entire problem on its own. but it is wrong for anyone to suggest that the only option for struggling responsible homeowners is to sit and wait for the housing market to hit bottom. >> the republicans think there is a political...
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boehner can comp plies and do something about the debt. i agree, we need to do something about it -- >> greta: obama wants the fiscal cliff and he's going to do -- going to get it. >> sean: former marine, jon hammar remains behind bars in a mexican prison, over trumped-up gun charges. how can we get him home safe? with a select terrain dial that adjusts the jeep grand cherokee's performance for specific weather and road conditions... ♪ ...even heavy snowstorms... won't keep you from getting to work. our apologies. ♪ you know how painful heartburn can be. for fast, long lasting relief, use doctor recommended gaviscon®. only gaviscon® forms a protective barrier that helps block stomach acid from splashing up- relieving the pain quickly. try fast, long lasting gaviscon®. relieving the pain quickly. try running four.ning a restaurant is hard, fortunately we've got ink. it gives us 5x the rewards on our internet, phone charges and cable, plus at office supply stores. rewards we put right back into our business. this is the only thing we'
boehner can comp plies and do something about the debt. i agree, we need to do something about it -- >> greta: obama wants the fiscal cliff and he's going to do -- going to get it. >> sean: former marine, jon hammar remains behind bars in a mexican prison, over trumped-up gun charges. how can we get him home safe? with a select terrain dial that adjusts the jeep grand cherokee's performance for specific weather and road conditions... ♪ ...even heavy snowstorms... won't keep you...
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which means john boehner will remain speaker. chief congressional correspondent mike emanuel tonight on the agendas of the respective leaders. >> fresh off the election that guarantees republicans will retain control of the house of representatives, speaker john boehner made clear his numbers are not going to abandon the principles. >> we don't sol t problem of the fiscal imbalance overnight and we certainly won't do in a lame duck session of congress. it won't beed simply by raising taxes or taking a plunge off the fiscal cliff. >> congress' ability to get things done will be tested soon after the election when the fiscal cliff and massive trillions of dollars in tax increases spending cut ace rive at the end of the year. on that pressing matter, they called for grounds to fix it. >> if there is a mandate for us to find way to work together for solutions of the challenges we face as a nation. >> members are told the president's plan has been we should send the economy off part of the fiscal cliff raising the tax rates. or send t
which means john boehner will remain speaker. chief congressional correspondent mike emanuel tonight on the agendas of the respective leaders. >> fresh off the election that guarantees republicans will retain control of the house of representatives, speaker john boehner made clear his numbers are not going to abandon the principles. >> we don't sol t problem of the fiscal imbalance overnight and we certainly won't do in a lame duck session of congress. it won't beed simply by...
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boehner says he wants as well. basically inside the white house, they say once boehner dropped this plan b on which democrats say they want nothing to do with, it's cut off communication, cut off any progress on that bigger deal that the markets, people around the country say they want to see. here is the president saying that republicans should not turn down the deal that's on the table. >> they will be able to claim that they have worked with me over the last two years to reduce the deficit more than any other deficit reduction package. that we will have stabilized it for 10 years. that is a significant achievement for them. they should be proud of it. but they keep on finding ways to say no as opposed to findings ways to say yes. >> it's not just the future of taxes that sequester those major spending cuss. john boehner's plan b doesn't deal with that also doesn't deal with the fact that 2 million people will see unemployment benefits expire a week after christmas. that's a big deal as well, shep. >> shepard: so
boehner says he wants as well. basically inside the white house, they say once boehner dropped this plan b on which democrats say they want nothing to do with, it's cut off communication, cut off any progress on that bigger deal that the markets, people around the country say they want to see. here is the president saying that republicans should not turn down the deal that's on the table. >> they will be able to claim that they have worked with me over the last two years to reduce the...
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boehner can comp plies and do something about the debt. i agree, we need to do something about it -- >> greta: obama wants the fiscal cliff and he's going to do -- going to get it. >> sean: former marine, jon hammar remains behind bars in a mexican prison, over trumped-up mexican prison, over trumped-up gun you know how painful heartburn can be. for fast, long lasting relief, use doctor recommended gaviscon®. only gaviscon® forms a protective barrier that helps block stomach acid from splashing up- relieving the pain quickly. try fast, long lasting gaviscon®. bass proshops has plenty of great last minute gift ideas, like... plus there's still time for a free picture with santa. can i still ship a gift in time r christmas? yeah, sure you can. great. where's your gift? uh... whew. [ male announcer ] break from the holiday stress. ship fedex express by december 22nd for christmas delivery. by december 22nd let'for an idea.s - a grand idea called america. the idea that if you work hard, if you have a dream, if you work with your neighbors..
boehner can comp plies and do something about the debt. i agree, we need to do something about it -- >> greta: obama wants the fiscal cliff and he's going to do -- going to get it. >> sean: former marine, jon hammar remains behind bars in a mexican prison, over trumped-up mexican prison, over trumped-up gun you know how painful heartburn can be. for fast, long lasting relief, use doctor recommended gaviscon®. only gaviscon® forms a protective barrier that helps block stomach acid...
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striking, we were at breakfast with house speaker john boehner. he insisted the personal relationship with president obama is good the professional veap strikingly bad at this point. speaker boehner says he has not spoken to the president in over a month. he has given up governing as of last labor day and only priority is extending the payroll tax cut boehner describes it as trying to work out with a deal that never negotiated before. pretty striking donate from the speaker of the house. what may get accomplished between the capitol hill between now and the next election. >> brett: mike, where lawmakers come afterwards to spin what they sau thought about the state of the union address. we'll head back as necessary as we get some of that reaction. governor mitch daniels, a governor of indiana and turned that economy around once thought to be really a star, a hope for the republican party and the presidential race. he is now said he is not going to run even though there are still people within the republican party saying he should still throw thinks
striking, we were at breakfast with house speaker john boehner. he insisted the personal relationship with president obama is good the professional veap strikingly bad at this point. speaker boehner says he has not spoken to the president in over a month. he has given up governing as of last labor day and only priority is extending the payroll tax cut boehner describes it as trying to work out with a deal that never negotiated before. pretty striking donate from the speaker of the house. what...
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. >> governor huckabee: john boehner says obamacare is bad for business. >> the president's health care law is hurting our economy and is driving up health care costs and making it harder for small businesses to hire new workers. >> governor huckabee: my next guest agree with the speaker. joining us from st. louis, owners of macarthur's bakery, the family-run business, and, dave macarthur has been with us before and his brother, randy. thanks, guys for being here. randy, let me begin with you. like a lot of small businesses you've got fewer people coming in the door and buying things because of the recession and business is down and obamacare is going to cows more money, at least -- i want to you explain to me how will it cost you more money and what does this mean for you staying in business. >> it already cost us more money, and, since the mandate started taking effect, in 2010, we have had a lot of things that have been mandated as coverages that used to be options, and we have had no cap on premiums, so we have seen in the last two years, two subsequent increase proposals for our he
. >> governor huckabee: john boehner says obamacare is bad for business. >> the president's health care law is hurting our economy and is driving up health care costs and making it harder for small businesses to hire new workers. >> governor huckabee: my next guest agree with the speaker. joining us from st. louis, owners of macarthur's bakery, the family-run business, and, dave macarthur has been with us before and his brother, randy. thanks, guys for being here. randy, let...
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. >> one of your colleagues, speaker john boehner had something to say about the race in ohio. i want to get your reaction to it. >> one of the things that probably works against romney in ohio is the fact that governor kasich has done such a good job of fixing businesses in the state and attracting businesses in the state. our unemployment rate in ohio is lower than the national average. i think it's four points lower than the national average. as a result, people are still concerned about the competent and jobs in ohio but certainly isn't like you've seen in other states. >> patti ann: no question, is the paradox here that john kasich the republican governor is helping president obama win reelection? >> you know, paul i think i don't accept that. fact of the matter it's hard to defeat an incumbent president. two, ohio has always been a swing state and number three, in order for mitt romney to do better he has to be here more. the situation is we are doing better here. we went from 89 cents rainy day fund to loss of 400,000 jobs to up 123, so people are feeling better here, bu
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should be permanent while speaker boehner says the president moved the goal post and wants too much in revenue. something we don't hear about is public opinion. most registered voters 57 percent feel the best way to deal with the budget problems is with cuts in spending. 20 percent think tax increases are a better solution and a little less 18 percent favor a balanced approach of cuts and tax hikes. and when asked if raising taxes on the wealthy is enough to solve the country's budget problems, 33 percent of registered voters said yes. but man fee more, 61 percent said spending cuts are necessary as well. this comes as three quarters of registered voters say all americans every single person should be kwierped to pay some amount of federal income tax so they are invested in the system. 77 percent he is think that's a good idea, 20 percent do not. if they do rise most registered voters 53 percent say president obama will try to use that money to fund more spending. the alternative to decreasing the deficit found much lower percent only 36 percent. of course the folks we polled are re
should be permanent while speaker boehner says the president moved the goal post and wants too much in revenue. something we don't hear about is public opinion. most registered voters 57 percent feel the best way to deal with the budget problems is with cuts in spending. 20 percent think tax increases are a better solution and a little less 18 percent favor a balanced approach of cuts and tax hikes. and when asked if raising taxes on the wealthy is enough to solve the country's budget problems,...
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or does it say something largerf john boehner? >>chris: both. boehner, since the 2010 election, he has to be happy because it swept him back in power in the majority of the house of representatives but he has had to deal with a portion of the caucus, a lot of the freshmen elected with the support of the tea party who have made life difficult. they want to go further to the right than he has been anxious to go. when he tried in a case like this, or in the debt field, in the summer of 2011, to make some kind of an accommodation, a compromise, which, obviously, involves some give-and-take compromise, they have been unwilling to go along. he could lose 25 votes and there are more than 25 of them and since the democrats were all going do vote against this plan "b" when he lost more than 25 of his own caucus, that was it. the plan "b" was dead. >>gregg: harry reid is saying it is up to boehner and harry reid and mcconnell changing barbs, but hear says it -- harry reid saying it is up to the president and speaker boehner. >>chris: the ball goes to the
or does it say something largerf john boehner? >>chris: both. boehner, since the 2010 election, he has to be happy because it swept him back in power in the majority of the house of representatives but he has had to deal with a portion of the caucus, a lot of the freshmen elected with the support of the tea party who have made life difficult. they want to go further to the right than he has been anxious to go. when he tried in a case like this, or in the debt field, in the summer of 2011,...
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boehner seemed to be saying i am going to close loopholes and use the revenue. not just growth, but use the re-knew from closing the loopholes to cut the deficit. are you accepting that or not? >> i think that is the formul formula. that is the way we reach agreement. you can close the loophole -- >> chris: it's not the growth. taking the money, tax expenditures through the loopholes and giving, using it as a deficit savings. >> as long as you close the loopholes and limit the deduction, limit credits. formula for a solution. >> real solution. >> chris: senator corker, you have a draft plan you have been circulating to a number of members in the senate. is there a deal here? >> i think there is a deal. the ying and yang of this is we know there has to be revenues. look, i haven't met a wealthy republican or democrat in tennessee that is not willing to contribute more. as long as they know we the problem. the ying of revenue, we understand. i think there is a very good pro-growth way of putting that place, so you are getting revenues from people like me and other
boehner seemed to be saying i am going to close loopholes and use the revenue. not just growth, but use the re-knew from closing the loopholes to cut the deficit. are you accepting that or not? >> i think that is the formul formula. that is the way we reach agreement. you can close the loophole -- >> chris: it's not the growth. taking the money, tax expenditures through the loopholes and giving, using it as a deficit savings. >> as long as you close the loopholes and limit the...
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it might create an opening for speaker boehner. although it might endanger his re-election to the speakership on january 3. >> doug: the 21st of this month, the "wall street journal" did a great piece on the inside negotiation over the fiscal cliff. i said this. referring to president obama. ol' office meeting he told mr. boehner that if the sides didn't use the agreement he would use the inaugurate address and "state of the union" to sell country the republicans at fault. he said i put $800 billion in tax revenue on the table. what do i get for that? you get nothing. >> he knows the republicans are fractured and i think the debate who will lead is ridiculous. nothing is going to come out of the house or the senate. president will decide what will be in the senate. the entire objective was not to pass anything to help with the debt or deficit. to destroy the republicans in the house. create a civil war. that is what he did. he would not compromise on tax rate. he himself said a year ago. but he insisted on the rates knowing it woul
it might create an opening for speaker boehner. although it might endanger his re-election to the speakership on january 3. >> doug: the 21st of this month, the "wall street journal" did a great piece on the inside negotiation over the fiscal cliff. i said this. referring to president obama. ol' office meeting he told mr. boehner that if the sides didn't use the agreement he would use the inaugurate address and "state of the union" to sell country the republicans at...
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but we have to go to speaker boehner. >> the president will have a decision to make. he can call on the senate democrats to pass that bill or he can be responsible for the largest tax increase in american history. megyn: apparently we missed the beginning of that where he said he's going to pass his plan and they are apparently at impasse. let's bring back our and so we can talk about this. let's shift gears. do we have the beginning cued up? here, let me show you what you missed. stand by. >> good afternoon, everyone. republicans continue to work toward avoiding the fiscal cliff. the president's offer of $1.3 trillion in revenues and $850 billion in spending reductions fails to meet the test that the president promised the american people a balanced approach. and i hope that the president will get serious soon will providing and working with us on a balanced approach. tomorrow the house will pass legislation to make permanent tax relief for nearly every american. 99.81% of the american people. the president will have a decision to make. he can call on the senate demo
but we have to go to speaker boehner. >> the president will have a decision to make. he can call on the senate democrats to pass that bill or he can be responsible for the largest tax increase in american history. megyn: apparently we missed the beginning of that where he said he's going to pass his plan and they are apparently at impasse. let's bring back our and so we can talk about this. let's shift gears. do we have the beginning cued up? here, let me show you what you missed. stand...
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john boehner didn't want to have any type of grand bargain. he wants to wait for the new congress to be seated. how you do a temporary punt. obama has the leverage. he won re-election. so where we go from here, i think you are going to see a lot of political games next week when congress comes back to town. potentially, we go deep into december. >> the president is holding most of the cards here, he won re-election and the republicans are absolutely terrified of going over the cliff. the tax cuts expire. the president and democrats propose a bill to restore the tax cuts to all but the top bracket and the republicans say, no, no, no. we don't want to do that. we have to restore the tax cuts to the rich people. they don't want to be in that situation, they can't let themselves get in that situation. >> which is why, i think you saw john boehner come out pretty aggressively this week and say he's open to a compromise. the key word in his statement and the statement he made before the election was tax rates. he doesn't want to see the rates go up.
john boehner didn't want to have any type of grand bargain. he wants to wait for the new congress to be seated. how you do a temporary punt. obama has the leverage. he won re-election. so where we go from here, i think you are going to see a lot of political games next week when congress comes back to town. potentially, we go deep into december. >> the president is holding most of the cards here, he won re-election and the republicans are absolutely terrified of going over the cliff. the...
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after the election john boehner got criticism even from my party saying look, mr. president we will meet you halfway and give you the $800 billion in revenue and the president doubles the number. then last week he said all right let's try and get as many after hostages out alive and try as keep taxes from going up and we couldn't get a single democrat to join with us on a single bill introduced this summer which was saving all taxpayers a million dollars and below from the tax rates going on. not a single democrat would join with us. this didn't a problem of two well intentioned negotiators not able to come up with a deal. this is the house having to negotiate with itself and the president who i believe is beginning to show his cards which is someone who doesn't really want to deal, who for whatever reason believes that it is to his political benefit or are a potential gain for us to go over this cliff to try and make us look obstinate in the house. >> greta: i have the president's statements so i will pick on him. he says i had a good and constructive discussion h
after the election john boehner got criticism even from my party saying look, mr. president we will meet you halfway and give you the $800 billion in revenue and the president doubles the number. then last week he said all right let's try and get as many after hostages out alive and try as keep taxes from going up and we couldn't get a single democrat to join with us on a single bill introduced this summer which was saving all taxpayers a million dollars and below from the tax rates going on....
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speaker boehner at the top the hour. bob corker, spub republican senator from tennessee will be our guest in 10 minutes. he says today, we're not close. i'm surprised at reporting today. unless something happened at 6:00 a.m. we're not close to a deal. we'll get his reaction. see you guys on "the five". from us to you, happy anniversary. >> thank you, bill. bill: five years together. >> and you who put the threesome together. bill: like peter, paul and mary. bye-bye. martha: thanks you guys. this is exactly what you were just talking about. how much comes into the government coffers and how much more goes out? we all know one number is a lot bigger than the other, right? where do your tax dollars go? a shocking look. bill: also one of a kind training facility for law enforcement getting ready for any possible terror threat that may be coming your way. ♪ [ male announcer ] with free package pickup from the u.s. postal service the holidays are easy. visit usps.com. pay, print, and have it picked up for free before decemb
speaker boehner at the top the hour. bob corker, spub republican senator from tennessee will be our guest in 10 minutes. he says today, we're not close. i'm surprised at reporting today. unless something happened at 6:00 a.m. we're not close to a deal. we'll get his reaction. see you guys on "the five". from us to you, happy anniversary. >> thank you, bill. bill: five years together. >> and you who put the threesome together. bill: like peter, paul and mary. bye-bye....
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we have speaker john boehner coming up as well. bill: state department officials promising improved security after the attacks and benghazi. bob corker, a member of the senate foreign relations committee was questioned yesterday. senator, good morning to you. >> good morning, bill. bill: what you think? >> we need to have another hearing. secretary clinton said she takes responsibly for what happens and she needs to come to our committee and talk about the flavored things that have happened. causing the security at benghazi to be so lax. bill: they were saying even 99% is not good enough. they talked about needing more money. >> yes, that's the most -- the main part of this. in hearing this the other day in a closed session, everyone is talking about the need for more money. the fact is that they had 16 security officers that were being provided for free as it relates to the state department. they sent home three weeks prior to this happening. this is not about money. unfortunately here in washington, the first answer always is mon
we have speaker john boehner coming up as well. bill: state department officials promising improved security after the attacks and benghazi. bob corker, a member of the senate foreign relations committee was questioned yesterday. senator, good morning to you. >> good morning, bill. bill: what you think? >> we need to have another hearing. secretary clinton said she takes responsibly for what happens and she needs to come to our committee and talk about the flavored things that have...